---
title: "Create a Project"
url: https://docs.catalyst.zoho.com/en/tutorials/alien-city-appsail/express/create-project/
description: "Create an application and host it on Catalyst using the Catalyst AppSail service and Catalyst Data Store that allows you to report or look up alien encounters in a city."
last_updated: 2026-08-17T12:16:04Z
service: All Services
type: tutorial
related_links:
  - name: "Catalyst Console"
    url: /en/getting-started/catalyst-projects/
---

# Create a Project

Let’s [create a Catalyst project](https://docs.catalyst.zoho.com/en/getting-started/catalyst-projects/#creating-a-catalyst-project) from the Catalyst console.

1. Log in to the [Catalyst console](https://console.catalyst.zoho.com/baas/index) and click **Create New Project**.
![catalyst_alien_city_create_project](https://catalyst-docs-development.zohostratus.in/images/tutorials/alien-city-appsail-express/catalyst-create-project.webp)

2. Enter the project’s name as "**AlienCity**" in the pop-up window, and click **Create**.
![catalyst_alien_city_project_create_name](https://catalyst-docs-development.zohostratus.in/images/tutorials/alien-city-appsail-express/catalyst_alien_city_project_create_name.webp)

Your project will be created, then opened.

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